Joint for woodwork.



W. R. K. GANDELL. IOINTFOR WOODWORK. APPLlcATmN man DEc.2'7. 1915.

Patented Dee. 18,^1917:

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WILLIAM EALEGH KEER GANDELL, OF LONDON', ENGLAND.

JorNr ron woonwoax To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l. Willman RALEIGH 'Kenn GANDELL, a subject'of the King of Great Britain. residing in London, England, have invent ed-a certain new and useful Joint for lVoodwork, of which the follo\\'i11g is a specification.

A satisfactory method of joining together parts of a piece of furniture or the like so that they can he readily separated, mustfuliil two eomlitions, .namelyl the wood of one part must penetrate and abut against the wood of the other part and the means of joining must he concealed from view as far s as possible. 1

This invention relates to a method of joining together abutting portions of woodwork or its equivalent, which fulfils the above 'desiderata and is at the saine time both joined. lo that face of the said second por- -tion which is to be parallel to the bottom of 'the groove when the joint is complete, 1s lixed a plate of metal or otherl suitable material and of such dimensions that it. extends beyond the surface to which it is applied .and projects over one or more of the other faces of this portion, thus making with the wood a T or L of dimensions such that it may be slid into 'the groove from the end thereof ard will closely fil. and ill the groove.

Examples of the invention are shown in the accompanying drawings in which Fig-I ures 1 and are perspective views of parts of pieces of furniture prepared and ready for joining together according to the invention; Fig. 1 may be considered to represent the top and a vertical division of a bookcase; and in Fig. Q are shown parts of a table. Fig. 3 is an example wherein only one long edge of the bar secured to one of the members to be joined. together projects beyond the surface to which' it is applied.-

eferring to Fig. l, there is screwed or nailed along the top edge of the divisional part a a plate of iron or any other suitable material of greater width than the thickness of the piece or part a so thatit projects Specicaton of Letters Patent. Patentd beg, 18, 1917.

Application lcd December 27, l915.

Serial No. 68,844.

beyond both side faces of that part, While in the `under face of the top c of the bookcase is cut a T shaped slot comprising the two parts c and c2 running through at least 60 to one edge of the top c. The dimensions of thevslot c c2 are such that the end of the division a can be slid into the part c2 of the slot with the aforesaid plate b engaging in the cross-head or branch c of the T shaped slot. The width of the part c2 is uniform and equal tothe thickness of the divisional part a while the width of the partc is greater than that of part a.

As the end of the division a is, in addition, housed to .a greater or smaller depth in the top when the two parts are put together, a very firm joint is obtained.

In some instances it is preferable or desirable that the groove or slot for the recepl tion of the retaining bar should extend only part of the way between the side edges of the part on which it is cut. In Fig. 2 the slot d on the rail or part l of the table extends only to one edge of the rail d, the lower edge of the rail c being notched at e3. The end e2 of the plate e' may overhang to a greater or smaller extent the notched part e3. Fig. 2 also shows how the table top f and the rail d, fixed to the table leg k, may 86 j be joined together by means of the plate g which is notched at y for the reception and passage of the end of the rail e. i

In Fig. 3, the plate m is attached to the part n in a manner to project beyond the 90 end face of the part n on one side only, and in this ease the s ot in the other part to which the part n is yto be joined would be of L shape. This mode of forming a joint may be advantageously adopted in cases Where ,l

the slot for the bar would be otherwise ver near the side face or end of the part in whic it is cut.

The invention is particularly applicable to all kinds of furniture and other structures which are to be readily put together and taken apart as occasion may require.

Incidentally, it may'be observed that the employment of a joint plate attached to one of the parts to be detachably joined together, 1054 as explained above, tends to prevent casting or warping of the joined members and a1- lows of relative movement between them, Should any shrinking or expansion occur. The plate is preferably formed .of metal, 110 but may be of any other suitable material. If desired, the angles between two mem- Q A needeei bers joined according to the method of this invention may be filled in bymeans of moldings, fixed to one or both members. A small portion of a molding' so' applied, is shown at l in Fig. 2, being fixed to the rail e, but its yuse constitutes no part of the invention.

The grooves above referred to may be cut out in any suitable manner and by any appropriate means, for instance, a. rectangular groove can first be formed and thcnithe bottom of the groove can be increased in width, as forilnstance, by means of a circular saw, thereby providing the slot into which the retaining bar or plate can be slid.

Having thus described my invention and the b cst means I know of carrying the same into practical efect, what I claim is.

'A vjoint for the mutual connection of two members of Wood Work consisting of a groove formed in the face of the first member and".

extending from an edge or end of said noemy ber, said groove having an outer part at right angles to said face and having its width equal to the thickness of the second inember, the latter being of uniform thickness,

Said groove also having an inner part overhanging said outer part and extending at an angle tl1ercto,said innerpart being of substantially greater width than said outerpart, the second member having an end which penetrates and fits closely in the outer part of said groove and a separate plate of metal aitached to the end face of said penetrating end and conforming in dimensionsto the iner part of said groove, said plate projecting laterally from said second member. and being .attached thereto in such a position that it will closely lit the inner part of said groove when the penctratin end `of said second ymember is itted in tre outer part of `said groove ln. testimony whereof I have signed my A* name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. l

WILLIAM RALEIGH KEER GANBELL. Witnesses:`

CLAUDE Tarrina, HERBERT Klarer-raw; 

